---
typeId: term
recordId: artifact-availability
fields:
  title: Artifact availability
  definition: >-
    The machine-readable status of whether a package artifact referenced by CID is
    present, missing, included in a package bundle, available as a raw blob, available
    as a structured document, partially available, or available only through an approved
    retrieval path.
  sourceDocument: operator ticket 258d5227-5a33-4b7f-aa96-3bea75ffa1c6
  sourceVersion: 2026-05-05
  sourceSections:
    - Package authoring and validation terminology
  order: 7803.4
  usage:
    - Artifact availability does not grant trust or authority. Availability resolution
      should consider artifact role and CID codec.
---
